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Tomato Foundation bets all on red

Interviews

Last year will be remembered as the annus horribilis of the tomato industry: low prices, sluggish demand, high level of stocks, all elements which weighed heavily on processors’ finance. A relaunch of tomato product as superfood could be the exit-strategy from the crisis. We interviewed David Sutherland, founder and general manager of the Tomato Foundation, an organisation which is now working to obtain a health claim for tomato products from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).